Christopher Whiteside MBE is the Conservative County Councillor for the Egremont North & St Bees Division of Cumbria County Council. The division includes St Bees, Bigrigg, Wood End, most of Moor Row, the Western part of the Mirehouse area of Whitehaven, and surrounding countryside.
Chris lives and works in Copeland with his wife and family.
Chris is a former member of Copeland Borough council, and an Honorary Alderman of the City and District of St Albans.

Sunday, October 09, 2016

Tragedy in Syria

The tragedy which is taking place in Syria as a result of bombs from the Syrian Regime and those from Putin's Russia is utterly appalling.

The cover of this week's Spectator draws justified parallels between Aleppo and Guernica (It's a slightly modified version of Picasso's eponymous painting resenting the latter atrocity.)

I very rarely agree with Arch Federalist Guy Verhofstadt about anything but he is absolutely right about the need to establish a no-fly zone in Aleppo. I support surgical strikes on DA'ESH but that is not what Russia and the Assad regime are doing in Aleppo - they are bombing civilians and children completely indiscriminately. Here is part of Verhofstadt's speech on the subject